Recent acts hurt Metro's 'business friendly' image

8:27 PM,
Jun. 26, 2013

Jim Brown

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Jim Brown

In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance."

Through that rhetoric in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was protesting the king of England's heavy-handed encroachment in Colonial lives.

The unfortunate truth is that Jefferson's words are as poignant as ever. Today, government is turning on its own people, treating some hardworking people as criminals. And it's happening right here right now in Nashville. ...